The largest private computer museum (photos)

Posted on Sunday, November 30 2008 @ 8:20 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
CIO visited the two-storey home of Max Burnet, he has one of the largest private collections of old computers in the world, you can view a slide show of 52 pictures over here.
Every available space from his basement to the top floor of his two-storey home is covered with relics from the past. His collection is vast, from a 1920s Julius Totalisator, the first UNIX PDP-7, a classic DEC PDP-8, the original IBM PC, Appleā€™s Lisa, MITS Altair 8800, numerous punch cards and over 6000 computer reference books. And more.


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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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Re: The largest private computer museum (photos)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 05 2011 @ 14:07 CEST
this is not a true computer this is just a
home system machine